1990 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1990
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 1–12, 1990
Teams:8
Finalarena:Civic Center
Finalcity:St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions:Wisconsin[1]
Titlecount:9th
Coach:Jeff Sauer[2]
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Steve Rohlik[3]
Mvpteam:Wisconsin
Attendance:47,845
Prevseason Year:1989
Prevseason Link:1989 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1991
Nextseason Link:1991 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st conference playoff in league history and 38th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 12, 1990. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against[4]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first roundNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Denver

Semifinals

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

Third Place

(3) North Dakota vs. (4) Northern Michigan

Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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MVP

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wisconsin Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: WCHA Awards. College Hockey Historical Archive. 2014-06-01.
  4. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128. WCHA. 2014-06-01.
  5. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.